| 1873 |
Leon Czolgosz born of Polish parents, Detroit. |
| 1881 |
Family moves to Cleveland, OH. |
| 1898 |
Nervous breakdown. |
| Aug 1898 |
Czolgosz quits his factory job. |
| 6 May 1901 |
Travels to Cleveland to see his anarchist hero, Emma Goldman, speak. |
| 29 Jul 1901 |
An Italian-American anarchist assassinates King Umberto I of Italy. The incident entrances Czolgosz. On his arrest later, a clipping of the Umberto assassination was found on his person. |
| 31 Aug 1901 |
Rents a room above a saloon in Buffalo, NY. |
| 2 Sep 1901 |
Purchases a .32 Iver-Johnson revolver for $4.50, Buffalo NY. |
| 5 Sep 1901 |
Sees McKinley speak at the Pan-American Exposition. |
| 6 Sep 1901 |
While shaking hands at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, President William McKinley is shot twice in the abdomen at point-blank range with a .32 caliber revolver. He dies a week later. The assassin, an anarchist by the name of Leon Frank Czolgosz, actually is a lone gunman (for once). |
| 14 Sep 1901 |
McKinley dies at 2:15 am. |
| 23 Sep 1901 |
Eight hour, twenty six minute trial for the assassination of McKinley. Thirty four minutes later, guilty verdict. |
| 29 Oct 1901 |
Leon Czolgosz electrocuted, 7:12 am, Auburn prison in New York. Three jolts, 1700 volts each. "I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people--the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime." |
| 29 Oct 1901 |
Sulfuric acid poured into Czolgosz' coffin. |
